yards

Definition of yards in English English dictionary: plural form of yard; The totality of the sailing rig
Her yards were bare and cockabill.; plural of yard; The measurement for a course is set in yards with a mimimum of 500/600 yards (ASFA/AKC); An American-system measurement of the length of a swimming pool One yard equals 36 inches A short-course yards pool is 25 yards (75 feet); Montagnards A mountain people of Vietnam
Welsh yards: plural form of Welsh yard
Yard: Scotland Yard or New Scotland Yard
back yards: plural form of back yard
do the hard yards: To perform a difficult task or tasks
doing the hard yards: Present participle of do the hard yards
front yards: plural form of front yard
lumber yards: plural form of lumber yard
the whole nine yards: And everything. Often used, like etc., to finish out a list
They have books, CDs, cassettes, DVDs, the whole nine yards.
the whole nine yards: All the way; with everything done completely or thoroughly
They really went the whole nine yards with this party.
timber yards: plural form of timber yard
yard: A long tapered timber hung on a mast to which is bent a sail, and may be further qualified as a square, lateen, or lug yard. The first is hung at right angles to the mast, the latter two hang obliquely
yard: A unit of length equal to three feet (exactly 0.9144 metres in the US and UK)
yard: A staff, rod or stick
yard: A small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or (now especially) within the precincts of a house or other building
yard: An enclosed area designated for a specific purpose, e.g. on farms, railways etc
yard: 109, A short scale billion; a long scale thousand millions or milliard
I need to hedge a yard of yen.
yard: One-hundred dollars
yard: One’s house or home
yard: {n} ground enclosed to a house, a measure of three feet, a pole to hang sails upon
Yard: Jamaica
whole nine yards: (Informal) everything possible (Usage ex: They renovated the whole house from start to finish, the whole nine yards.)
yard: an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines
yard: Fenced off, outdoor storage and repair area
yard: Any spar carried aloft
yard: Slang for one billion currency units Used particularly in currency trading, e g , for Japanese yen since one billion yen equals approximately US$10 million It is clearer to say, "I'm a buyer of a yard of yen," than to say, "I'm a buyer of a billion yen," which could be misheard as "I'm a buyer of a million yen "
yard: a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen
yard: an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock) a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen the enclosed land around a house or other building; "it was a small house with almost no yard"
yard: A rod; a stick; a staff
yard: A branch; a twig
yard: A unit of measure A yard is approximately 91 5 cm A yard is also 3 feet
yard: A measure of length, equaling three feet, or thirty-six inches, being the standard of English and American measure
yard: A yard is usually hung by the center to the mast
yard: You can refer to a large open area where a particular type of work is done as a yard. a railway yard. a ship repair yard
yard: {i} lawn, enclosure, lot, courtyard; unit of measure equal to 0.9144 meters; storage area; train yard, yard where railway cars and engines are stored and maintained; pen, enclosure for livestock; crossbeam for a sail (Nautical)
yard: a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91 44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
yard: An imperial unit of measurement equal to 36"
yard: A place where moose or deer herd together in winter for pasture, protection, etc
yard: 9144 metre in the International System of Units. A cloth yard, used to measure cloth, is 37 in. long; it was also the standard length for arrows. In casual speech, a yard (e.g., of concrete, gravel, or topsoil) may refer to a cubic yard
yard: The penis
yard: The spar supporting the top of a sail On a lug rig such as the Swallow had, the yard is set at an angle from the horizontal The yardarm is the not the entire yard but rather a short end on the yard beyond where the sail is attached on a square-rigged ship
yard: One of the basic units of measurement in golf Some others are: the stroke (1 4 swings = 1 stroke); the minute spent looking for a lost ball (1,145 seconds); a 30-foot putt (divide by 5 if preceded by the phrase "I sunk" and by 10 if preceded by the phrase "I missed"); the club-length in determining whether a putt is a gimme (the length of the clubhouse along its longest axis, not including stairs or porches); and liquid measure at the 19th hole (one drink = two drinks)
yard: A yard is a unit of length equal to thirty-six inches or approximately 91.4 centimetres. The incident took place about 500 yards from where he was standing a long narrow strip of linen two or three yards long. a yard of silk
yard: A long tapered timber hung by its centre to a mast to which is bent a topsail or squaresail
yard: Lineal measurement equal to 3 feet The space or grounds surrounding a building; a cubic yard is the basic measure of concrete
yard: A term used by NPHC groups to indicate the campus Use in phrases such as which groups are on the yard, meaning which groups are on the campus
yard: A system of auxiliary tracks used exclusively for the classification of passenger or freight cars according to commodity or destination; assembling of cars for train movement; storage of cars; or repair of equipment
yard: The spar at right angle to a mast that the head of a square sail is connected to The yard can pivot (be braced) around the mast At rest (braced square) the yard runs athwartships Each yard takes its name from the section of mast that supports it, and the sails take their names from the yards
yard: a tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings); "they opened a repair yard on the edge of town"
yard: An open space on the same lot with a building, unobstructed from the ground upward, except as otherwise provided herein The measurement of a yard shall be construed as the minimum horizontal distance between the lot line and the building line
yard: an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock)
yard: a measure of length equal to 36 inches or 3 feet and equivalent to 0 914 meters Its abbreviation is yd
yard: A yard is a flat area of concrete or stone that is next to a building and often has a wall around it. I saw him standing in the yard. = courtyard
yard: Imperial unit of linear measure: 3 feet
yard: System of tracks with defined local boundaries, which provides for the making up of trains, storing of cars and other related functions
yard: An open space on a lot unoccupied by a building or structure or parts thereof; provided however, that roof overhangs, cornices or eaves shall not extend twenty four (24) inches into the minimum required yard Steps, unroofed porches, window sills, slanted bulkheads, fences, gates or security stations, yard accessories, ornaments and furniture and customary summer awnings are permitted in any yard but shall be subject to height limitations and setback limitations The minimum required yard shall be a strip of land of uniform depth required by this zoning bylaw measured from the lot or street line and adjacent thereto
yard: To confine (cattle) to the yard; to shut up, or keep, in a yard; as, to yard cows
yard: (1) a large wooden spar crossing the masts of a sailing ship horizontally or diagonally, from which a sail is set (2) a shortened form of the word 'dockyard, in which vessels are built or repaired
yard: A long piece of timber, nearly cylindrical, tapering toward the ends, and designed to support and extend a square sail
yard: The spar supporting the top of a lugsail It is set at an angle from the horizontal
yard: a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel)
yard: Slang for one billion dollars Used particularly in currency trading, e g for Japanese yen since one billion yen only equals approximately US$10 million It is clearer to say, " I'm a buyer of a yard of yen," than to say, "I'm a buyer of a billion yen," which could be misheard as, "I'm a buyer of a million yen "
yard: One's house or home
yard: the enclosed land around a house or other building; "it was a small house with almost no yard"
yard: the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
yard: Industry slang for one billion
yard: Slang for one billion currency units Used particularly in currency trading, e g for Japanese yen since on billion yen only equals approximately US$10 million It is clearer to say, "I'm a buyer of a yard of yen," than to say, "I'm a buyer of a billion yen," which could be misheard as, "I'm a buyer of a million yen "
yard: A yard is a piece of land next to someone's house, with grass and plants growing in it. He dug a hole in our yard on Edgerton Avenue to plant a maple tree when I was born. a short form of Scotland Yard. Unit of length equal to 36 inches, or 3 feet (see foot), in the U.S. Customary System or
yard: Slang for one billion dollars Used particularly in currency trading, e g for Japanese yen, since one billion yen equals only approximately US$10 million It is more clear to say ``I'm a buyer of a yard of yen,'' than to say ``I'm a buyer of a billion yen'', which could be misheard as ``I'm a buyer of a million yen ''
yard: measure of length used in the United States for medium size distances -- "How many cm shorter than a meter is a yard?" (239)
yard: a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91
yard: an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines a tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings); "they opened a repair yard on the edge of town"
yard: An inclosure within which any work or business is carried on; as, a dockyard; a shipyard
yard: A long piece of timber, as a rafter, etc
yard: Land a quantity of land, containing in some countries 20, in others 24, 30 and 40 acres; but at Wimbleton in Surry, no more than 15
yard: An inclosure; usually, a small inclosed place in front of, or around, a house or barn; as, a courtyard; a cowyard; a barnyard
yard: A term applied to a spar attached at its middle portion to a mast and running athwartship across a vessel as a support for a square sail
yard: 44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
yard: of Ship

Turkish - English

Definition of yards in Turkish English dictionary
yard: {k} yd

yards

Turkish pronunciation

yärdz

Pronunciation

/ˈyärdz/ /ˈjɑːrdz/

Etymology

[ 'yärd ] (noun.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English geard enclosure, yard; akin to Old High German gart enclosure, Latin hortus garden.